Example Sentences

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“I think we can continue,” replied Chief Justice John Roberts, who had been perusing printouts of emails.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

Then last June, Anne Jurvetson said she got a call from friends who had been perusing the U.S.

From MSNBC • Apr. 28, 2016

Several news organizations, including ours, reported this dangerous lapse, and months later a Taliban spokesman claimed that Afghan insurgents had been perusing the WikiLeaks site and making a list.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2011

And just before bedtime the speculators had been perusing the first of a new flock of corporation reports showing bigger earnings for the second quarter of the year.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Bevil, able to endure no longer, broke in with some intelligence from the newspaper, which he had been perusing ever since his unlucky appeal to his lady. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary